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Section 8. Decision on the question of disqualification

For the purposes of sections 5 and 6 if any question arises as to whether a public man has become subject to any disqualification mentioned in these sections the question shall be decided––

(a) in the case of public man referred to in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (e) of section 2,in accordance with the provisions contained 1[in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019)] ; and

(b) in the case of other public man, by the prescribed authority after giving the public man an opportunity of being heard.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.